GCF: Summertime Kids Grants

About The Greater Cincinnati Foundation

One of the nation’s leading community foundations, The Greater Cincinnati Foundation helps people make the most of their giving to build a better community. As a community foundation, GCF creates a prosperous Greater Cincinnati by investing in thriving people and vibrant places. At the end of 2015, GCF had net assets of $533 million.

Grants for Kids

The Greater Cincinnati Foundation has 2 programs designed to fund innovative education projects for children during the school year and in the summer: This page details Summertime Kids Grants.

Purpose:

To support enriching activities and programs that encourage learning and/or development for children of all ages during the summer months.

Funding Focus

Proposals should explicitly address the following purpose:

• To support enriching activities and programs that encourage learning and/or development for children of all ages during the summer months.

Use of Funds

Funding may be used to support, expand, or strengthen existing programs, purchase supplies or equipment, launch a new program, or build organizational capacity.

For more specifics on what funding may be used for, please review our Grant FAQs.

Eligibility

_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._

• Applicants must be classified as tax-exempt by the IRS, typically 501(c)(3) status or government agency.
  • If your organization is not a 501(c)(3), you may utilize a fiscal agent, however the fiscal agent must be identified in the application.
• Grants will be made to organizations or schools with efforts based in the Greater Cincinnati region which includes the counties of:
  • Hamilton, Butler, Warren, and Clermont in Ohio; Boone, Kenton and Campbell in Kentucky and Dearborn in Indiana.